Temple University School of Dentistry - Odontolog Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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One of the most recent advancements has been the establishment of technic courses in the Freshman and Junior years, this being a great advantage to the new student. The Philadelphia Dental College was the first to introduce into its curriculum a course of oral surgery, and the first to establish a hospital for the treatment of diseases of the oral cavity. Professor Ga.rretson was first to introduce this as a part of the dental curriculum. The Philadelphia Dental College, in the many years of its existence, has lost hut six of its professors through death. These men were Dr. McQuillen, Dr. A. C. Kingsbury, Dr. Garretson, Dr. [. I Flagg. Dr. H. II. Burchard and Dr. 11. C. Bocnning. Each of these was a master in the art of teaching. During its existence two changes of location have been made necessary bv the growth of the College. Upon its establishment, it was located at the Northwest corner of Tenth and Arch Streets. There it remained until 1887. when it removed to a new and large building on Cherry Street, below Eighteenth. Outgrowing these quarters in the course of eight years, it was decided to purchase ground in a new locality and erect a large and commodious building, adapted solely to its own educational purposes. In 1896. a suitable location was found at Eighteenth, Buttonwood and Hamilton Streets, and here ground was broken and the erection of a new building began. The cornerstone was laid with Masonic ceremonies, January 13. 1897. and the structure completed August, 1897. The building was opened for the fall term of September tst. and formally dedicated on October 4th of the same year. In 1905. owing to the increase of hospital patients, a petition was made to the State Legislature for money to erect a new hospital building on the College Campus. This was granted and the building, with it« complete modern equipment and accommodation for 50 patients, is serving the worthy poor of the city and state with free medical and surgical aid. In honor of its founder, the hospital has been named the Garretson Hospital. S. H. G. 14

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In 1905, Dr. Leo Greenbaum was elected Assistant Dean, and in June. 1906. Dr. S. H. Guilford resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Greenbaum was elected to that position. In June, 1908. Dr. Greenbaum resigned the office of Dean and Dr. Guilford was elected to that position. In June, 1907, the Philadelphia Dental College, by a vote of its Board of Trustees, was affiliated with Temple University, thus becoming ati integral part of the large institution. The former Dean and members of the Faculty were retained, and the course of instruction and governmental policy continued as they had been. In 1908. Professor Stellwagen resigned and was succeeded by Dr. Henry F. Slifer. In the same year. Dr. Wayne Babcock was elected to the chair of Oral and General Surgery; Dr. John Byers Roxby to the chair of Anatomy; Dr. Henry Augustus Bacon to the chair of Bacteriology and Anaesthesia; Dr. Sidney E. Bateman to the chair of Histology, and Dr. Mcrvyn Ross Taylor to the chair of Materia Mcdica. In the same year Dr. Thomas E. Weeks was elected Professor of Clinical Dentistry and Operative Technics. In 1909. Dr. Babcock resigned his chair, arid Dr. Carlton N. Russell was appointed Adjunct Professor of Oral Surgery. In 1910, Dr. Bacon resigned and his chair was divided. Dr. G. McConnell assuming the chair of Bacteriology, and Dr. Taylor adding anaesthesia to his chair. In 1911. Dr. Bateman resigned his chair of Histology, and Dr. F. E. Freeman, his former assistant, succeeded to the position. The College has witnessed few changes in the Presidency of the Board of Trustees. The first incumbent was Rev. Richard Xewton, D.D.; the second was Hon. James Pollock, I.L.D., and the third, General James A. Beaver, LL.D., while the present incumbent is Russell H. Conwcll. D.D., LI-.D.. and President of Temple L’niversity. At the same time of its incorporation there were but three other dental schools beside the Philadelphia Dental College, with a combined attendance of one hundred students. Today there are in the United States more than fifty institutions, with a total yearly attendance of about five thousand students. In the forty years of its existence the Philadelphia Dental College has graduated no less than three thousand students. Like the other schools, it has advanced from a two-year to a three-year course, with supplemental spring courses, covering three months or more. From a yearly curriculum that required thirty-four lectures from each professor, it has advanced into one in which more than one hundred didactic lectures are given annually bv one incumbent of each chair. In addition to this, the clinical facilities have been enlarged, thereby giving to the students opportunities which were undreamed of years ago. 13

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SURGICAL CLINIC—GARRF-TSON HOSPITAL